We would like to alert you all to Game Change Rio: Ruin the World or Save our Planet? Game Change Rio does not aim to change the world on its own. But it offers a great way to engage with the complexities facing our planet today. Based on a huge …
Mike Lewis – Announcing Launch of ‘The Resilience Imperative’
New Society Publishers, the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance, and the new economics foundation announce the release of The Resilience Imperative Co-operative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy By Michael Lewis, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal and Pat Conaty, new economics foundation, U.K. This is a book …
COEXISTing in a Steady State
Avarice is a vice, the exaction of usury is a misdemeanour, and the love of money is detestable. – John Maynard Keynes Poised on the brink of economic meltdown as we are, governments all over the world are baying frantically for growth. But growth is not the answer to …
Support Ecocity Builders’ Proposal to Rio+20 UNCSD
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, convening in just a few weeks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has announced a voting process for specific thematic recommendations, and we have one, a proposal for a Global Sustainable Cities Framework and Standards. Read more…
Business Summit for a Sustainable Economy
New speakers are confirmed for the White House meetings and panels including; Richard Kaufman, Sr. Advisor to Energy Secretary Chu; Shelly Poticha, Director of Sustainable Housing and Communities; Dr. David Michaels, Director of OSHA; Jeanne Hulit, SBA; Jonathan Greenblatt, Director of White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement; …
Media Literacy Education News from NAMLE
NAMLE is pleased to announce our upcoming conference on July 12-13, 2013 in Los Angeles! The theme: “Intersections: Teaching and Learning Across Media.” Dedicated to bringing together a broad array of stakeholders in media literacy education, NAMLE chose this theme due to our interest in crossing traditionally held boundaries to …
Senator Bernie Sanders & DOD Senior Sustainability Officer Dr. Dorothy Robyn Confirmed for June 25, 2012
Defense, National Security & Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events June 25-26, 2012 | Washington, DC Hosted at the Grand Hyatt 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Click here to register) Download the latest program agenda here. For the latest information about …
“Ecotopia” visionary author Ernest Callenbach passes…
Ernest “Chick” Callenbach, friend fellow conspirator, and author of the visionary book, “Ecotopia”, died last month. I strongly urge you to read Chick’s last work, his very prophetic and posthumous final writing, “Epistle to the Ecotopians”. Knowing of his pending death, he penned a last testament… The first time Chick …
Neal Peirce on Green Philadelphia, Edward T. McMahon on Density Development
Water Plan for the Century: Philadelphia’s Breakthrough By Neal Peirce Density Without High-Rises? By Edward T. McMahon For Release Sunday, May 20, 2012 (c) 2012 Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON — Could it be serious — a major American city makes water conservation the linchpin of its 21st-century planning, the ticket …